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Morgantown, WV MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 2,102
  equals Births 7,125
  less Deaths 5,023
Net Migration 5,807
  equals net International Migration 1,739
  plus net Domestic Migration 4,068

The population of the Morgantown, WV MSA changed from 130,337 on 2010 to 138,176 in 2015 -- a change of 7,839 (6.01%). This report provides a summary of how and why the population has changed during this period and what these factors suggest about future change.

Primary Contributing Factors to Change
The primary contributing factors resulting in population change are 1) natural change (births less deaths) and/or 2) net migration. Eight tables are presented below providing annual data for each component county of the metro and metro summary. The tables provide data on the total population, births, deaths, natural change (births less deaths), international migration, domestic migration and net migration.

From 2010 to 2015 (7/1/2010-6/30/2015), net migration (5,807) exceeded natural change (2,102); net migration has been the primary contributing factor for the metro population change. Examine the metro by county tables below to learn about how each county contributes to the metro population growth or decline.

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Related Sections
  • Morgantown, WV MSA S&O Report
  • State of the States -- all states interactive table
  • Metro S&O Reports -- all metros interactive table
  • CountyTrends 2010-2015 -- all counties interactive table
  • CountyTrends -- multi-sourced county data
  • Regional Data Analytics Main

Table 1. Population          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg 10-15%Chg 10-15
Monongalia County, WV54061P0000001 96,786 98,693 100,539 101,938 102,936 104,236 7,450 7.70
Preston County, WV54077P0000001 33,551 33,617 33,894 33,697 33,899 33,940 389 1.16
Total P0000001 130,337 132,310 134,433 135,635 136,835 138,176 7,839 6.01
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Monongalia County, WV54061B0000001 904 1,071 1,045 1,035 1,079 1,115 5,345 
Preston County, WV54077B0000001 308 355 366 337 359 363 1,780 
Total B0000001 1,212 1,426 1,411 1,372 1,438 1,478 7,125 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Monongalia County, WV54061D0000001 496 640 650 673 651 657 3,271 
Preston County, WV54077D0000001 168 369 337 367 339 340 1,752 
Total D0000001 664 1,009 987 1,040 990 997 5,023 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Monongalia County, WV54061NC000001 408 431 395 362 428 458 2,074 
Preston County, WV54077NC000001 140 -14 29 -30 20 23 28 
Total NC000001 548 417 424 332 448 481 2,102 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Monongalia County, WV54061MI000001 248 313 313 339 384 384 1,733 
Preston County, WV54077MI000001 4 0 1 1 2 2 6 
Total MI000001 252 313 314 340 386 386 1,739 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Monongalia County, WV54061MD000001 1,624 1,155 1,105 687 218 514 3,679 
Preston County, WV54077MD000001 -12 85 246 -179 167 70 389 
Total MD000001 1,612 1,240 1,351 508 385 584 4,068 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Monongalia County, WV54061MN000001 1,872 1,468 1,418 1,026 602 898 5,412 
Preston County, WV54077MN000001 -8 85 247 -178 169 72 395 
Total MN000001 1,864 1,553 1,665 848 771 970 5,807 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Monongalia County, WV54061GQ000001 7,262 7,260 7,306 7,079 6,794 6,791 -471 -6.49
Preston County, WV54077GQ000001 2,377 2,376 2,369 2,303 2,372 2,371 -6 -0.25
Total GQ000001 9,639 9,636 9,675 9,382 9,166 9,162 -477 -4.95

Source: developed by ProximityOne based on Census Bureau and other data.
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